Srinagar/Jammu,July 29(Scoop News) -Annual festival and yatra of Pracheen cave of Lord Shiva at Thajiwara (Bijbehara), Anantnag will be held on 2nd August 2012 on the eve of Shravan-Puranmashi. According to the President Devasthan Prabandak Committee, Bijbehara Prof. M. L. Malla, thousands of Kashmiri Pandit devotees from different parts the country as well as […]
Axis Bank Continues to be the largest ATM network provider
Leh,(Ladakh),April 11 (Scoop News) – Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank, today opened its 10,000th ATM at Pune, retaining its leadership position in ATM deployment among private sector banks in the country. Axis Bank’s ATM footprint traverses across the country from Nathula Pass (LEH) in North to KanyaKumari in South and from Bhuj […]
Book Review: The Indian Retales
The Indian Retales Author: V.Rajesh Publisher: Unicorn Books This reviewer would like to make his predilections clear at the outset: that one likes articles and books that narrate anecdotal experiences and give rich examples. V. Rajesh’s book The Indian reTales, Insights of an Indian Retailer, does just that. Bristling with anecdotes and numerous instances drawn […]
No person must embark on the Amarnath Yatra without obtaining a valid Yatra Permit: SASB
Srinagar June 20 (Scoop News) – Saugat Biswas, Additional Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) stated today that no person must embark on the Yatra without obtaining a valid Yatra Permit after due registration as per the procedure prescribed by the SASB, procured either from one of the designated J&K […]
Dart Thornton Fantasy Reveals Deepest Truths
One of the great finds for me in 2009, was the best selling fantasy fiction series, The Bitterbynde Trilogy, by Cecilia Dart Thornton. Over the past thirty years, I have devoured George MacDonald’s fantasies, C.S. Lewis fantasies, Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy plus The Hobbit, numbers of times, always uplifted by the adventures of […]
Watch Total Solar Eclipse from Nepal
If you are somewhere in Eastern Nepal in the morning of 22 July the sky will turn black, and stars will be visible on the daytime! On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon’s umbral […]